Sikkim – March 2014

I have always had a thing for the hills, travelling to different places in the Himalayas as a kid with my parents. Our yearly trip to the Himalayas was something I used to look forward to all year back then. When I decided that I would travel as much as I can all of 2014, it was only natural that a lot of those travel destinations would end up being in the Himalayas.

Though I had travelled to Goa in February that year, Sikkim was my first proper trip of 2014. A friend had offered to host me if I ever came down there, and I decided it was high time I take her up on the offer. It was a short 4 day trip (partly due to budget), and I travelled there by the cheapest means possible. A lot of my trip involved plans to roam around Gangtok, get good food, play with the 3 dogs at the place I was staying and chill in general. There were two places we decided to visit outside the city; the monastery at Aritar, and the Changu & Nathula stretch.

The three gorgeous and extremely lazy dogs that I shared my time there with.

Aritar Lake, though itself not particualrly impressive, was surrounded by serene forests, making for a very tranquil afternoon

The kids playing soccer using a makeshift ball was one of the best things I’ve seen. It was amongst other things, nostalgic. They came up to us later for photos and we got them all candy before we left.